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rustynail11
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 Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 8:08 am Post subject: Rookie Question |
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Ok, so I thought I posted this yesterday but I don't see it anywhere so I will try again.
I have a total rookie question. While I love surf fishing and can't wait for my next visit to the coast I am far from an expert and have a lot to learn.
Up until now my equipment has consisted of Penn spinning reels and 10ft-12ft surf rods. Yesterday I bought a Diawa Sealine (Based on recommendations from forum members) and want to hit the local lake this weekend to practice casting with the new reel. I have never casted with a conventional reel before so I want to make sure I know a little about what I am doing before my next trip to PINS in 2 weeks.
I won't have a chance to get a new rod before the weekend so my question is can a conventional reel be mounted on a spinning rod and cast the way it should? I plan on getting a rod before I hit the coast but need something short term to practice with. |
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Rebecca of Sunnybrookfarm
Full Grown Flour Bluffian
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| Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 8:29 am Post subject: Re: Rookie Question |
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| rustynail11 wrote: | | so my question is can a conventional reel be mounted on a spinning rod and cast the way it should? I plan on getting a rod before I hit the coast but need something short term to practice with. |
sure....but typically spinning rods have a little faster action at the tip though, so they release at a different point in the cast than stiffer conventional rods....you may find yourself backlashing more than you would with a conventional rod, so just keep that in mind and don't get frustrated....
start with the cast control knob tightened down and a heavy thumb when you start....don't try to cast across the lake on the first cast....go for 20 feet, get that down for a few casts, then ease into it just a little farther, and get consistent with 30 feet, etc......it's all about practice and time...
becky
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TexGator
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| Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 8:33 am Post subject: |
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| Excellent advice Becky. Very well said |
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Texican
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Location: San Antonio
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| Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 12:08 pm Post subject: |
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Good choice on the reel. I love mine.
If you bought yours new, make sure to put in the brake blocks as I believe they do not come pre-installed. They will be four little plastic "beads", two red and two white, in a small plastic bag in the reel box. The red beads are recommended.
Install the brakes with the flat part of the bead facing out and apply a THIN layer of reel grease on the brake raceway.
GOOD LUCK!
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perchsnatcher
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| Also try a little thicker line at first, it is easier to pick out and is heavier so it will cast at a slower speed. Do not buy expensive line until you are read, you are bound to blow it up a few times. You can google magging a sealine and there is a tutorial on how to add a magnet to your reel that is what I do to all my sealines and I cast them with no brakes. |
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